Conflict and Maternal Health - Linking the Gendered Causes and Gendered Consequences of War

What impact does war have on women's well-being? War is far more likely to occur in countries where women lack equal standing in society. When those wars occur, the effects are also gendered. If gender inequality is affected by both the causes and impacts of armed conflict, we need to think about the implications of this interrelationship. Focusing on gendered political inequality, this Element takes a large-N approach to exploring whether inequality variation in states at conflict leads to variation in women's health outcomes. By linking the two processes, the authors are able to directly account for the impact of political inequality on which countries participate in civil conflict when they estimate the impact of inequality on conflict consequences, particularly those relating to women's health.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Gendered political inequality and life expectancy in conflict countries; 3. Maternal health consequences; 4. Women's experiences in Iraq at war: An in-depth look; 5. Concluding thoughts; References.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Hannah Allen, Thames Frank C.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9781009430654
• ISBN: 978-1-009-43065-4
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Elements in Gender and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, military history, Women's health, Women’s health, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Civil wars, Bayesian Inference